BOOK REVIEW: Unlock Your Full Potential: The Ultimate Handbook to Mastering Emotional Intelligence

BOOK REVIEW: Unlock Your Full Potential: The Ultimate Handbook to Mastering Emotional Intelligence

Dr. Travis Bradberry, co-author of the bestselling “Emotional Intelligence 2.0” and cofounder of TalentSmart EQ, has done it again with his latest book, “Emotional Intelligence Habits.” This book is more than just a guide; it’s a life-enhancing journey into understanding and enhancing emotional intelligence (EQ) through practical, daily habits. With his unparalleled ability to distill…

Book Review: “Why We’re Catholic: Our Reasons for Faith, Hope and Love” by Trent Horn

Book Review: “Why We’re Catholic: Our Reasons for Faith, Hope and Love” by Trent Horn

In a world filled with skepticism and doubt, Trent Horn’s book, “Why We’re Catholic: Our Reasons for Faith, Hope, and Love,” shines as a beacon of clarity and conviction. With eloquence and precision, Horn embarks on a journey through the fundamental aspects of the Catholic faith, offering compelling answers to the questions that both skeptics…

BOOK REVIEW: Bo Snerdly’s Fascinating Insights Into the Life of One of the Most Influential Media Figures Over the Past 40 Years

BOOK REVIEW: Bo Snerdly’s Fascinating Insights Into the Life of One of the Most Influential Media Figures Over the Past 40 Years

James Golden’s book, Rush on the Radio: A Tribute from His Friend and Sidekick James Golden, aka Bo Snerdley, is a fascinating memoir that delves into the life and career of the legendary talk radio host, Rush Limbaugh. Who is Bo Snerdley? As a close friend and longtime collaborator of Limbaugh’s, Golden (known as “Bo…

BOOK REVIEW: West Point’s Performance Expert on Developing Unshakable Confidence for Peak Performance and Success

BOOK REVIEW: West Point’s Performance Expert on Developing Unshakable Confidence for Peak Performance and Success

In his remarkable book, The Confident Mind: A Battle-Tested Guide to Unshakable Performance, Nate Zinsser takes readers on a transformative journey through the intricate workings of confidence. Anchored in research and first-hand experience As a performance psychologist at West Point, Zinsser brings a wealth of experience and credibility to his exploration of mental toughness training.…

BOOK REVIEW: The Antidote For a World That Has Lost Its Way When It Comes to Finding True Happiness

BOOK REVIEW: The Antidote For a World That Has Lost Its Way When It Comes to Finding True Happiness

J. Budziszewski’s book How and How Not to Be Happy is a refreshing and enlightening read in a world that seems to have lost its way when it comes to finding true happiness. In a culture where suicide, depression, nihilism, fear of the apocalypse, and a denial of God’s existence are pervasive, this book offers…

BOOK REVIEW: Ram Charan’s Excellent Guide to Managing During an Insidious Inflationary Period

BOOK REVIEW: Ram Charan’s Excellent Guide to Managing During an Insidious Inflationary Period

A proven guide on how to survive and lead during inflation —  Inflation that we have not seen in 40 years is here to stay, with no foreseeable reduction in sight. It is not transitory. Best-selling author Ram Charan, whom I have known for 40 years, experienced the insidious inflation of the 1970s. So have…

BOOK REVIEW: The New (Biomedical) Normal

BOOK REVIEW: The New (Biomedical) Normal

During the COVID-19 pandemic, public health authorities—once relatively obscure government agencies—were given unprecedented power to manage citizens’ lives in the name of public safety. Some critics have argued that this situation brought into focus a number of long-standing trends of modernity: trends toward medicalization, scientific rationalism, and state surveillance in liberal societies. Any plausible analysis…

Intelligent E.T. Life Apart from Earth: What a Famous Scientist Concluded

Intelligent E.T. Life Apart from Earth: What a Famous Scientist Concluded

Over the past few years there has been consistent and growing talk in the media (and elsewhere) about the probability of there being intelligent life forms elsewhere in the universe. Much of this is due to grainy video footage and some Congressional hearings on the topic of UFO’s (but they don’t call them UFO’s any…

BOOK: Uneven Justice, The Plot to Sink Galleon

BOOK: Uneven Justice, The Plot to Sink Galleon

Raj Rajaratnam in his Uneven Justice shares his story of being handcuffed and arrested on the morning of October 2009 by five FBI agents and then convicted in Federal Court by New York’s U.S. Attorney for the Southern District, Preet Bharara for “insider trading.” Bharara alleged that 0.02 percent of the trades between 2003-2008 by…

BOOK REVIEW: “Angels All Around Us” by Anthony DeStefano

BOOK REVIEW: “Angels All Around Us” by Anthony DeStefano

BOOK:  Angels All Around Us: A Sightseeing Guide to the Invisible World (formerly titled The Invisible World) , by Anthony DeStefano (Doubleday, 2011) I usually don’t read books that are sent to me unbidden.  Anthony DeStefano’s Angels All Around Us was mailed to me by Priests for Life, an organization I support financially.  If I…

BOOK REVIEW and Author Matthew Kelly:  The Messiness of Life Can Prevent Us from Focusing on Those Things That Lead to A Good Life

BOOK REVIEW and Author Matthew Kelly: The Messiness of Life Can Prevent Us from Focusing on Those Things That Lead to A Good Life

My relationship with New York Times best-selling author and speaker Matthew Kelly dates back to 2004 when another New York Times, best-selling author and friend Patrick Lencioni, brought him to my attention as a potential speaker for the Diocese of Oakland’s Catholics@Work (C@W) Speaker Series. Despite Kelly’s very busy schedule, we were able to bring…

Book Review: Loneliness and the Feeling of Being Unwanted is the Most Terrible Poverty in Today’s World

Book Review: Loneliness and the Feeling of Being Unwanted is the Most Terrible Poverty in Today’s World

J.W. (Terry) Freiberg, social psychologist turned lawyer, explores what St. Teresa of Calcutta (Mother Teresa) called “The most terrible poverty” in his trilogy of books on loneliness – Four Seasons of Loneliness: A Lawyer’s Case Stories (2016), Growing Up Lonely: Disconnection and Misconnection in the Lives of our Children (2019), Surrounded by Others and Yet So…

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